The gekko and the duck

This sounds weird but one of my favorite pastimes in a foreign country is watching TV. That's because I need a break from American commercials, which is to say, "the gecko and the duck."

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The Geico gecko and the Aflac duck are not on TV commercials abroad. They were cute the first 10,000 times, but now I would prefer them as roadkill.

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Dining in a Paris restaurant recently, I ordered the braised gecko Provencal as an appetizer and the Aflac canard as a main course. They weren't on the menu but it was fun ordering them.

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The European Travel Bureau should consider this ad pitched to Americans, "come see the Eiffel Tower and the Tower of London where the only ducks are delicious and the little green lizards don't sell car insurance."